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Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake

Recently, a friend invited me to a bacon-themed potluck which he dubbed Baconstraveganza.

My contribution was a Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake from a recipe I found on Saveur.com. I garnished it with a Spiced Candied Bacon just to up the bacon quotient and to add a little sweet to this savoury cheesecake.

It turned out to be rich and flavourful, and a huge hit with the crowd. But definitely something you want to eat in small portions since the flavours were overwhelming. Personally, I was a little disappointed that the bacon flavour wasn’t more prevalent, especially for this event.

Stilton & Bacon Cheesecake

The recipe for these savory cheesecakes came from Linda Ellerbee’s book Take Big Bites (Putnam, 2005); she adapted it from a recipe given to her by the chef at the George Hotel in Wallingford, England.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp. butter

1 cup finely crushed digestive biscuits or graham crackers

6 strips bacon, finely diced

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

4 oz. stilton, softened

For Crust:

Grease six 2″ × 2″ ring molds with 1 tbsp. of the butter; set molds on a cookie sheet.